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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-03-02

toh after their passage by the House.
me "ttue inwardncss' of the pretended
ulsllke oi 'Illllnun dlctution" is laid
bare, and lhis immaculate Senator" ."
! VINO votes Tor Z rsonal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ana the iamniy rather than the public
! good, Is "hoist by his own petard." lie
| eau discover no harm that can come to
South Carolina by the most thorough
organization OF farmers, except that
Captain Dawson might be elect, Il to the
United States Senate.
Suppose we did elect the editor of tie
News and Courier, what harm would
follow? What has the United States
Senate got to do with the reorganization
Of the dopartm, mt of agriculture? Sup
pose Mr.. IudaI, Mr.. Donaldson, Mr..
Nprls Colonel otuckhousc and al of us
w'@ have hacn leading the farmers
movement got a good FIJI Office apiece
ant uecuul. ''tpN-caiCrs" for Il time
what harm would follow? Colonel You
nuns uId not pause to picture tao ruin
tnat would inevitably result; he did not
mention the wailiug among the disin-
hcrtcd members of the rOyuI family
whose places would be thus usrpcd hy
lhcN" plchclHu 'iarmcrS.' - His uiirightcd
imagination only secs that some one not
named loumana IS to go to the United
states senate, and .is mind is made up
--bmtus was not more determined when
II" slew Caesar lie votes to postpone
me Dill ""ith such cmphnsy ana evident
dcilgitt that II created ripple OF laugh
ter all oYcr the Senate" Actmtad by
th"s" highly patriotic and virtuous mo-
tiHes with what Il magnauimous air he
poses Mt the champion Of injured inno-
c"nco and refuses to ''slap om efficient
and patriotic board Of agriculture in the
face" How blind he is to their short
comngs and those OF the commissioner.
lie fails to point out III what way we
farmers are benefited. He does not
show where the .Sl7C, 600 they have spent
has gone, and lie cannot show any
adequate result OF lis expenditure. lie
rchearScs the old story OF an agricultural
college and constitutional convention
costing $500, coo, just because he saw it
IN the News ana Courier.
The old tory about the 'IittI9 fellows
at the Globe Hotel" and the Sheppard
Dawson IlI.mn combination has served
lis uses and only acts as padding for
Colonel loumans's lengthy scrced. II
put the ''pca under the wrong tiimblc"
at the August Convention, ana those
who bcnchtcd 10y il are wclcomc 10 their
victory. Had been the politician | AIN
charged with being [ would hnrc re-
manned away from the State Convention
ana eSpouScd no mans candidacy But
! VIII say iur the benefit Of those farm
cvS VINO were bamhoozIcd by it last
August, and who wuuld not combine"
on anybody, that have since been told
Dy leader and mu.agcr OF the "&iug"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-03-02
CirCumStantial Evidence.

Judge to prisoner-You have been
here before, think?
Prisoner-Yes, sah.
"What was the charger
"Same as dis one, stealin' chickens. +"
"And you were convicted, too, re-
member now"
eyes, iedge, | was foun' guilty, but it
wasn't my fault. | was convicted on
circumstantial ebbidcnce."
GLOW so?"
GA man saw me takin lie chickens au'
he swore to de circumstances. Texas
Siftings.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-03-02
Wants tho Facts Known.

Mr.. Editor: ! and neighbors have been
led so many times into buying different
things for the liver, kidneys and blood,
that have done us more harm than good,
/ feel it due your readers to advise them
when an honest and good medicine like
DIR. Harter's Iron Tonic can be had.
Yours truly, AN OLD SUBsoRIBRR. =
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-03-02

An old bruiser-A mixer of mint juleps'
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-03-02

Shy had been Mrs. Speed for year
when her husband received letter from
her brother, addressed to his Office and
marked "Coniidential.
81 have found n key that fits the
lock" wrote the brave young fellow:
"but the darkness on the other side of
the open door is thicker than that in
which we have groped so long"
"Last week business called me TO
Chesterfield on the frontier OF what we
Powhatanites st 10 'the Yellow Jacket
country i took dinner with my client
and met his father, who is so years of
age. On learning where lived the old
fellow frightened up amazingly, and
began to chat of the neighborhood as he
knew it when young man. . He was
born, it appeared, ON the Round Hill
estate, his father having been Byars
Moseley's ovcrseer. The rest | will try
to set down exactly as he told it.
"'He come into mighty fine prop'ty
when's father died, Byars Moseley did,
an he run through it faste'n his best
rncehorse would a went, subj Drinkin'
n cyerd playin' n horses, n the Lord
knows what else was a.goin' on the
whole time, night s we'll s day. He YVES
gagged to be married, too, arter while
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-11-12

The cells of the six condemned an
archists in the county Jail at Chicago,
were searched on the 9th, and six load
ed bombs were found hidden away
in wooden box, WI .ch were concealed
under pile of newspapers IN corner.
Some time ago Sheriff Matson decided
to search and clean ont the cells
of the seven distinguished prison
ers. Word was sent by the sheriff
to the friends OF the condemned,
saying that no admittance would
be given to the Jail, and the entire
force of deputy sherifts reported
at the Jail for duty. Shortly af-
ter $3.50 o'clock Lingg and Engel We're
led from their cells to the consultation
cage and the search began Engel's
cell was first entered and thoroughly ex-
amined, but beyond few empty cigar
boxes, some fruit, books and papers,
nothing was found.
Then the deputy sherifls entered
Lingg's cell, while its former occupant
planted himself in a corner of his tenn
porary prison and watched them with
eager eyes. He was as pale as death
and trembled like an aspen leaf AS the
searchers moved around in the little
stone walled room. Suddenly two of the
three men inside Jumped out to the cor
ridor, while the thi q man held at arms
length IA small wooden box which he
carefully carried to the jail office and laid
on Jaiior Folz's desk. The box con-
tanned six pieces OF gas pipe, each six or
seven inches in length, filled with some
heavy substance and plugged at both
ends. Jailor Folz picked up one
which was closed at one end with q
round iron stopper, and one of the ofli-
GERS pronounced it a verltable dynamite
bomb. Just then Sheriff Matson arrived
at the jail and ordered that the danger
Gus weapons be replaced in the box and
sent to a chemist for analysis, though
there was no doubt as to the result of
the examination. Then the search was
continued, but beyond quantity of
rubbish nothing was found. Then the
cells of Fischer, Parsons, Spies, Schwab
and EieIden were searched IN the order
named, but no contraband articles OF
any kind were found.
Not the least remarkable phase of the
bomb discovery is that it came about
from the fact that Anarchist Geo. Engel
attempted suicide the previous night by
taking an ounce of laudanum. The at
tempted suicide is what led to the
search of the cells in the morning. Be-
sizes the discovery of explosives among
the effects of Lingg, there was found III
EngePs cell the bottle from which he
had taken the laudanum. 1t was con-
cealed in the urinal. Three or four
drops of laudanum still remained in the
bottle and Engel was confronted
with the evidence of his intend
ed suicide. He continued to deny
but at last sullenly admitted the truth Of
the accusation. lie had preferred death
by his own hand, he said, to any carry
ing out of a sentence under the law.
Engel stubbornly refused to disclose
how he obtained the poison. The bot
tie affords no clue and, like Linng's dy-
Mantle, the source of the poison is a
mystery.
The discoveries caused big sensation
in the city, and consequent revulsion
in the feeling in favor of executive Glenn
encY.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-11-12
THE TREpEE 4EEsNCE.

1t Provides for United Action in Preserv-
ing the Balance of Power in Europe.
The Vienna correspondent of the
Times claims to know that the triple al
lance was secretly concluded last spring
but the details were finally settled in
the interview between Signor Crispi and
Prince Bismarck. The treaty." says
the correspondent, provides for com
bined military and naval action by Ger
many, Austria and Italy against any at
tempt to disturb the balance of power
III Europe. 1t also stipulates that terri
torial notifications shall be compulsory
before the three allied powers Will con-
sent to sign treaty of peace. The treaty
further provides for combined action
for the conclusion of peace. No one of
the three will be allowed to desist from
war or to treat separately without the
consent OF the others. 1t is noteworthy
that the alliance also covers the Medit-
prranp8nS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-11-12
JENNY LIND DEAD.
The Noted Swedish Singer Passes Away
To-day in London.


LONDON, Nov. 2.-Jenny Lind Mad
anne Goldschmidt) the celebrated Swed-
ish singer, is dead She was 66 wears
of age. She had been seriously i'll for
some weeks. She retired from the stage
after her marriage in America in 1852,
but reappeared at various concerts III aid
of charities. She had not appeared in
public since 1856.
TJennv Lind, known as the Swedish
Nightingale, was born in Stockholm,
October =, 1921. From infancy she
manifested Il remarkable talent for slug
ing. When 9 years old she entered
the musical academy at Stockholm,
and a year later made her debut
on the stage. Her voice partly failed
after two years, and for four years she
remained in obscurity. When Is years
old she temporarily assumed a part in
an opera, her voice having recovered its
power, and she thereupon entered up
on a two years engagement as agatha
in Weber's "Ereischutz." In 1S4l she
went to Paris and continued her studies.
After year she appeared on the stage
in her native city, and then before q
from that time. She appeared in all the
larger cities of Europe. In September,
1880, she came to America under con-
tract to give $50 concerts, and at once
scored a wonderful hit. A year later,
while in Boston, she married Otto Gold
schmidt, young pianist, and subse-
quently returned to Europe, where she
gave up the stage. She gave frequent
concerts for charitable purposes, one of
the latest being at Cannes, France, in
1894 I
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-11-12
WILL HAVE TO SWING.
The Last Hope of the Haymarket Murder
ers Gone-The United States Supreme
Court Refuses Writ of Error-The
Opinion Unanimous.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 2.-The SUI
preme court of the United States to-day
refused to grant writ of error in the
case Of Spies ct al, the condemned Chi
cago Anarchists. The decision applies
to ali the prisoners now uuder sentence
of death.
The announcement that the decision
would be rendered to-day drew an inn
mense crowd Of people to the court
room, including many prominent attor-
news.
1t was few minutes after y O'Clock
when the justices filed in and took
their seats on the bench.
Chie!Justice Waite read the decision
without previously announcing whether
the writ would be granted or denied.
The decision is not as voluminous as
expected, althouGh taking up each point
made by counsel for the defense and
finally disposiDg of il.
The court holds in brief: First, that
the first ten amendments TO the consti
tuition are Limitations upon federal and
not upon state action; second, that the
jury law of Illinois is upon its face valid
ami constitutional, ana that it is similar
N its provisions to the statute which
was sustained in this court in the case of
Iopt vs. the territory of Utah; third,
that it does not appear in the
record that upon the evidence
the trial court should have declared the
juror SANFORD incompetent; foarth, that
the objection to the admission OF the
Johann Most letter and the cross-exan-
ination OF Spies, which counsel for the
prisoners maintained virtually com
PEELED them to testify against them
selves, were not objected to in the
trial court and that therefore no
foundation WIS laid for the exercise
OF this courts jurisdiction; and fifth,
that the questions raised by GeI.. Butler
III the cases Of Spies and Fieldcn upon
tie basis Of their foreign nationality
We're neither raised nor decided in the
state courts and therefore cannot be
considered here. The writ of error
prayed for must consequently be denied.
There vas no dissenting opinion.
The sentence of death viii therefore
be carried out and the condemned men
viii be hanged on November II.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-11-12
CRAZED BY GAMBLING.
Horrible Deed of Despondent Mechan
ic al Louisville.

Horrible Deed of "a Despondent Mechan-
ic al Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. A terrible
tragedy was enacted in the western por-
ton Of this city last night, the awful re-
suits of which were not discovered un-
til 10 o'clock this morning. At that hour
Mrs Mary Bruner, the mother of Mrs.
Charles b. Brownfield, who lives at 1922
West Chestnut Street, called at the
residence of her daughter, upon
some matters connected with family
affairs. No one answered her ring at
the door bell, and after several ineflect
ual efforts, she went to the window of
the little one-stoiv frame cottage raised
it and threw open the shutters. The
sight that met her eyes was 81
horrible one. In the middle OF
room occupied by her daughter and hus-
band and their little daughter of s or 10
years, and the one occupied by William
f. Bruner, brother of Mrs. Charles b.
Brownfield, who resided with the fam
lily, was the body of Joseph Brownfield,
her daughters husband, suspended by
a strap atttched to the Intel and sway
ing 10 and fro slightly, the features
ghastly in death. She aroused the
neighbors who made the following hor-
rible discoveries.
At the suicides back and on bed in
dark corner reposed the body OF VIM.
+. Bruner with his throat cut from ear
to ear. Facing the self-murderer iii the
other room was another bed upon which,
stitfened IN their blood, were the forms
of his wife and 9-year-old child. Their
heads were almost severed from
Dnnn1th +. I ljL
feet lay the razor with which the
awful deeds hat been committed. The
bed clothing was drenched with blood
and the faces of the victims besmeared
so that they were almost beyond recog-
milton. On the bureau in the parlor the
following letter dated $50 a. NJ, and
written by the murderer in an unusual
ly legible hand, was found:
ITO ALL WHOM IT May CONCERN: |
Charles B. Brownfield, murdered my
dear wife and baby, also w. +. Bruner,
my brOther-in-law. | killed my wife
and baby because l was tired of life and
did not want them left penniless in the
world and no one to care for them. My
cause for being tired of life is gambling.
Now, let my brothers and friends take
warning. l killed w. T. Bruner because
| didn't think he was fit to live and now
| will make an attempt on my life, so
goodbye, my father, brother and sister
and friends and relations. All take
warning. Goodbye.
CHARLES B. BRowNFIELD."
Charles B. Brownfield was about 80
years of age and was very dissipated.
He caused his father, Squire Browntield,
magistrate, and highly respected old
gentleman, much trouble. He was a
mechanic and worked in the shops Of
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in
this city
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-11-12
r. II. W4sHBTRsE,s UFLL.
The Bulk of His Fortune Left to Hi
Sons-Miscellaneous Requests.

The Bulk of His Fortune Left to His
Sons-Miscellaneous Requests.
The will of the late +. B. Washburne
was admitted TO probate at Chicago on
the ID The estate is valued at $780,
600. The following bequests are named:
To Ellen H. Gratiot, 81 GOO; to the Uni
versalist Church of the Norlands, Liv-
ermore, Me-, $500; to his sister-in-law,
Robena Washburne, $500, money to
defray the cost of memorial
window II the South Presbyte
rian Church at Galena, H., to the mem
ory of his wife; 800 each to his neph-
ews. John and Robert c. Washburne, of
Hallowell,, Me-; $500 to his wife's maid,
Louise Hoch; 81, 900 to the Newsboys'
Home; 300 to each of Col. +. II. Gra-
tiot's daughters; 500 to the daughter of
Stephen +. Gratiot. His congressional
chair and desk he leaves to
his son Hempstead Washburne.
The Oxford palace at Norlands, Liv-
ermoore, Me, is bequeathed to
his son, Pitt. Three hundred
dollars year for four years he directs
to be paid to Master BERTHE Hager, the
son Of an old friend. His public and
private documents, his paintings, relics,
etc, he leaves to his son Hampstead to
dispose of as he deems best. Five hum
dred thousand dollars of his fortune is
held in trust for the benefit of his two
sons, Pitt and Elihu Washburne. The
remainder of bis property is bequeathed
to all his children to be shared alike.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-11-12
INCEEDEfRFSV 1T DgBTOUE.
Armed Men PatrollinS the Streets t
Eru strata. Atfem ut To Burn the CitX.

Armed Men PatroIlinS the Streets to
Frustrate Attempts to Burn the City.
A Dubuque, Qa.) dispatch of the 9th
says: Excitement over several recent
attempts at incendlarism in this city is
increasing. Last night at a late hour,
two men gained an entrance to the mill
office of Knapp, Stout & Co. They were
discovered by officers on guard about
the mill, who pursued them and fired
several shots. In the yard OF
this company several places were
found where finders saturated
with kerosene had been placed
under dry lumber piles ready for the
matches. In Robinson's lumber yard,
located in the southern part of the city,
where millions of feet of lumber are
piled close to the factories and dwellings
and the Illinois Central shops, similar
preparations for incendiary work were
discovered to have been made. Men with
shotguns patroled the yards all of last
night and prevented the completion of a
diabolical plot. 1t is evident that the
plan was to simultaneously fire all the
lumber yards and thus destroy the man
ufacturing portion of the city, which
could be done by skillfully starting all
he fires
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-11-12
UNDER FALLEN WALLS.
Several Persons Crushed at u Fire In
Nashville, Tenn.

Several Persons Crushed at Fire In
Nashville, Tenn.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. About A
O'Clock this morning the building on
College Street, occupied by Weakley q
Warren as furniture store, was dis
covered on fire, and owing to the in
flammable character of the material, the
flames spread rapidly through the build
ing and communicated with the adioin-
ing buildings. The entire block from
Bank Alley south to the Western Union
building was in one immense sheet of
flames. The fire department, after des-
perate efforts succeeded in limiting the
devouring elements within the space
described. Seven firms sustained losses,
aggregating about Sl67 eco, insurance
SIPS 900.
During the progress of the fire, the
walls of the building adjoining Bank
Alley fell in and quite number of peo-
pie are known to have been injured,
some probably fatally. Among the
wounded was son of j. b. Moore,
about 15 years of age, skull terribly
crushed and will die; William Steward.
sign painter, left leg badly fractured
Bradford Nichol, hand injured, besides
a fireman and number OF others more
or less injured. Others are believed to
be covered by the debris.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-11-12

and that the soldiers in Montana are.
preparing Tor defense. Sitting Bull iB
at Standing Rock with over 6,000 Sioux,
and he is said to be in league with the
Crows People west of the Missouri are
anxious that Fort Lincoln, five miles
south of Bismarck, be given more
troops. At present there are only five
companies at the post, and as this
would be the post from which the
first check could be put upon the ont
break from Standing Rock, it is essen
tial that good force of troops be sta
toned there. 4 strong effort will be
made TO have additional troops sent at
once, Notwithstanding the report that
Fort Lincoln will be abandoned West
ern settlers complain of the policy of
the government IN centraliZing the sol
diers at Eastern dress parade posts,
while a few scattering companies are
left around the Indian agencies to pro-
tect the people against thousands of
Indians, who never forget an imagined
wrong and are always ready for blood.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-11-12

excitement Cf last week served
only TO aggravate his all
ment. Since last Saturda" h" as
been confined to his bed
and physician has been in daily at
tendance His wife has been at his bed
side continually and every attention has
been accorded to the sufferer The
wound which he received in the Mexi-
can war is troubling him considerably
and LIS is scarcely able to walk. He is
in very enfeebled condition and his
family are fearful that he viii not recover
from the exhaustion.
Macon, Ga, Nov. 2.-Reports that Mr..
Jefferson Davis is in a precarious condi-
ton are not correct. Ills health is bet
ter than 1t has been at any time since
he left Beauvoir. Last night he received
number of friends and conversed
with them until ii late hour This
morning he is in fine spirits and in bet.
ter health than usual.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-11-12
CORONER'S INQUEST.
Responsibility for the Poor Quality o
the Life-Preservers.


A coroner's jury was impaneled at
Green Bay, on the 2d, and an inquest
held on the body of the man found on
the taft with Axel Stone, the sole survi-
vor of the propeller Vernon. Testimony
was given by Capt. Comstock, of the
schooner S. B. Pomeroy, by a
physician and by Axel Stone. The lat
ter testified that he knew his dead com
panion only by the name of Bill" and
that the deceased told him he had come
from New Orleans before shipping on
the Vernon. Deceased was apparently
40 to 80 years old. The middle finger of
the right hand was gone at the first
joint. The body will be embalmed and
left in the cemetery receiving vault to
await possible Identification.
The jury examined two life preservers
picked up on the raft One was made
of cork and the other was made of sea
rushes. A bunch of these being removed
and soaked in water filed in 10 minutes
and sank. This alleged life-preserver
bore the mark 'Luduc's Tule Life Pre-
server, 246 Market Street." The YER
dict was in accordance with the facts al
ready given, and the jury severely cen
sured the inspector who last passed the
steamer tor negligence regarding the
rule requiring cork life-preservers, and
recommended that he be held legally
arpCuuto bla